Deadlines past
Subtitle: forty years of presidential campaigning : a reporter's story
By: Walter R. Mears.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Kansas City, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Mears, Walter R. 1935-; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- History -- 20th century.; Presidential candidates -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Political campaigns -- Press coverage -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Journalists -- United States -- Biography.; Reporters and reporting -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Genres: Biography.
Description: A political reporter shares reminiscences from his forty-five-year Associated Press career, chronicling the eleven presidential campaigns he covered and offering personal experiences, observations, and insights into the American political process.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 First Impressions: The 1960 Campaign 1; title: 2 Odyssey of a Loser: On the Road with Goldwater in 1964 28; title: 3 The Grim Year: Nixon, Humphrey, and the Chaos of 1968 62; title: 4 Nixon's Lonely Landslide: The Dishonored Campaign of 1972 97; title: 5 Jimmy Who, Plain Old Jerry, and the Pulitzer Prize: The 1976 Campaign 127; title: 6 The Winning Act: Reagan Beats Carter in 1980 161; title: 7 The Inevitable Reprise: Reagan Buries Mondale in 1984 194; title: 8 Flag-Waving, Lip-Reading, and Liberal-Baiting in the Campaign of 1988 217; title: 9 The Comeback Kid Overcomes the President in 1992 244; title: 10 Bob Dole's Turn and Clinton's Return in 1996 276; title: 11 Overtime: The 2000 Election 300; title: Index 340.